# covert

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈkəʊvɜːt/ · frequency rank #14,096

## Definitions
1. Secret, surreptitious, concealed.
2. Hidden, covered over; overgrown, sheltered.
3. Under coverture.

## Etymology
From Middle English covert, from Old French covert, past participle of covrir (“to cover”) (corresponding to Latin coopertus); cognate to cover. Not closely related to overt, despite what the most common pronunciation would suggest.

## Easily confused with
- **covet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/covert-vs-covet)
- **covey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/covert-vs-covey)
- **cower** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/covert-vs-cower)
- **culvert** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/covert-vs-culvert)
- **covertly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/covert-vs-covertly)
- **cove** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cove-vs-covert)
- **cert** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cert-vs-covert)
- **court** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/court-vs-covert)
- **cover** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cover-vs-covert)
- **comet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/comet-vs-covert)
- **coven** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coven-vs-covert)
- **comer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/comer-vs-covert)
- **coker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coker-vs-covert)
- **coder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coder-vs-covert)
- **covers** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/covers-vs-covert)
- **cohort** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cohort-vs-covert)
- **clover** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clover-vs-covert)
- **caveat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/caveat-vs-covert)
- **cavern** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cavern-vs-covert)
- **covent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/covent-vs-covert)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ccovert`, `coevrt`, `coverrt`, `covertt`, `covetr`, `covret`, `covvert`, `cvoert`, `ocvert`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/covert